Volume 1

A catalogue of the manuscripts relating to Wales in the British museum / Compiled and edited by Edward Owen.

  • British Museum. Department of Manuscripts
Date:
1900-1922
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: A catalogue of the manuscripts relating to Wales in the British museum / Compiled and edited by Edward Owen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [237] 989. (a) f. 66. Notes respecting the lives of Nicholas Robinson, bishop of Bangor, and others already named. Incorporated into the preceding volumes. (1b) ff. 114-115^. Extract from the will of Charles Jones concerning the charity founded by him near the town of Pwllheli, Carnarvonshire, A.D. 1636 ; 18 cent. An abstract of this or a subsequent will (dated [? proved] 17 Jan. 1640) is given in the blue book of Charity commissioners’ inquiries, 1834, vol. 28, pp. 516-7, and in the inquiries, 1899, in both cases under the county of Carnarvon and parish of Llangybi. [238] 1055. (a) f. 43. A copy of the terrier of the church of Knigh- ton, Radnorshire, 1669; 18 cent. (b) ff. 52-52^ and 54-54/;. Mr. Jones (Galltfaenan)’s answers to the questions of Mr. Tate respecting the ancient Britons ; 18 cent, transcript. Imperfect. For another copy of the questions see Cotton Vitellius E. v, ff. 42-49A [239] 1074. ff. 113-117. Some account of the manner in which the administration of justice in Wales was provided for by king Henry VIII ; end of 17 or beginning of 18 cent. A tract explanatory of the Act 27 Hen. VIII, c. 26, and other statutes relating to the administration of justice in Wales. At the end is “finis H.T.” \_qucerc, Hugh Thomas, the Brecknockshire antiquary], [240] 1215. Papers relating to the public revenue; 18 cent. (a) ff. 62^-69. An abstract of leases of crown lands, or of lands forfeited by outlawry, issued between 1688 and 1693-4. There are leases in several Welsh counties. {b) f. 147. Notes relating to the manor of Cwmwd y Perfedd, Cardiganshire ; 1721. (c) ff. 169, 169^, \70b-\72b. Documents relating to the trade of North and South Wales in 1742-6. As few documents exist and fewer still have been published showing the volume of trade at the principal Welsh ports prior to the present century, the statement at f. 172 is reproduced. O